Paeonia mlokosewitschii
(Molly the Witch)
Family - Paeoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Caucasus
Year of Introduction - 1907
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 60cm or more
Width - 60cm or more
Location - The Pond Garden
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with an upright, bushy habit. Large, grey-green leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape. Single bowl-shaped flowers are primrose yellow and have prominent golden Anthers. The flowers are produced from mid to late spring and are attractive to bees. The foliage turns an attractive shade of burnished orange in autumn.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Caucasian Peony
Flower:
Large, single bowl-shaped flowers are primrose yellow with golden anthers. The flowers turn a paler shade of yellow with age and are produced in April and May.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Bowl-shaped flowers
Flowering time: April, May
Foliage:
Grey-green leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape and are held at the base of the plant. The foliage turns burnished orange in autumn.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Divided with ovate to elliptic leaflets
Autumn Colour: Orange
Propagation:
Division. (Seed raised plants will be variable.)
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.